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#150re: Show Curtains
Posted: 5/7/06 at 7:33pm
As did/do:
42nd Street
The Frogs
The Music Man
The Producers
"I don't wanna see that!" -Aunt Sassy (as played by Valerie Cherish) on Room & Bored
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#153re: Show Curtains
Posted: 5/7/06 at 8:41pmI cant remember the Chicago curtain. Can someone refresh me as to if it is just a normal curtain?
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#154re: Show Curtains
Posted: 5/7/06 at 8:51pm
When we recently went to see Jersey Boys, my reluctant-theater-husband commented that the chain linked fence reminded him of West Side Story. I was SOOO proud that he made a theater connection!! Maybe after 18 years, I am finally making an impact. I know.....I'm wierd....But I was still excited!
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#155re: Show Curtains
Posted: 5/7/06 at 9:01pm
Okay, the RENT show curtain joke is a bit old now.
And the Chicago curtain - at least the one on tour - was just a black plain curtain, but it the false proscenium was gold, so it had like a gold outline to it.
#156re: Show Curtains
Posted: 6/22/06 at 5:42pmI thought the color purple curtain was cool, the different notes depending on what part of the show.
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neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#158re: Show Curtains
Posted: 9/3/06 at 8:06pm
It's basically just a plain curtain with thrashes in it to where you can see through to the stage. There's lights and stuff. It's pretty cool.
Can you explain the Color Purple one further?
#159re: Show Curtains
Posted: 9/3/06 at 8:27pmThey've had "Show Curtains" going back to the 30's. There used to be a law that the asbestos curtain must be seen by the audience raised and lowered at every performance. Maybe someone put the name of the show on one (or a scene from the show) and it went from there (just an idea). But I do know that some of the R&H shows had show curtains...
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=972787#3631451
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=963561#3533883
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955158#3440952
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954269#3427915
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955012#3441622
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954344#3428699
#160re: Show Curtains
Posted: 9/3/06 at 8:51pmI'd personally like to nominate The Wedding Singer for the ugliest curtain on Broadway right now. Such a fun show and that's the best they can do?!
"I don't wanna see that!" -Aunt Sassy (as played by Valerie Cherish) on Room & Bored
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Broadway Star Joined: 2/7/05
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#162re: Show Curtains
Posted: 9/3/06 at 9:31pmvery 80s. It is really ugly, but the 80s weren't a pretty decade.
bwayondabrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/05
#163re: Show Curtains
Posted: 9/3/06 at 9:36pm
well, i personally LOVE the WEDDING SINGER curtain- i think its my favorite
TARZAN has a cool one...
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Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#164re: Show Curtains
Posted: 9/3/06 at 9:52pmI want a gown made out of that beautiful royal blue, sparkly one in DRS.
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#165re: Show Curtains
Posted: 9/3/06 at 11:29pmWe can all thank the Ekarts for show curtains. Since no one seemed to give a straight answer here, I read the book The Performing Set about their work. Their work on The Golden Apple really began the whole trend of "show curtains" and even no curtains.
#166re: Show Curtains
Posted: 9/3/06 at 11:34pm
firescape, I love the picture of Wicked's curtain! Just like the book. =)
I haven't seen a lot of shows, but I really like Spamalot's. That picture of DRS reminds me of some of the casinos in Biloxi.
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I remember days
Or at least I try
But as years go by
They're sort of haze
And the bluest ink
Isn't really sky
And at times I think
I would gladly die
For a day of sky
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And Starbucks will use the words 'large' and 'small', not pretentious crap like grande and tall.
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Updated On: 9/3/06 at 11:34 PM
I remember days
Or at least I try
But as years go by
They're sort of haze
And the bluest ink
Isn't really sky
And at times I think
I would gladly die
For a day of sky
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
And Starbucks will use the words 'large' and 'small', not pretentious crap like grande and tall.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"You could get away with anything if you call it art and tell people who don't like it that it's cutting edge culture." --vmlinnie
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#167re: Show Curtains
Posted: 9/3/06 at 11:41pm
"Can you explain the Color Purple one further?"
Sure.
When the audience first arrives the curtain is an entry to Celie's diary about her life and she's questions the changes she's feeling.
SPOILER
The curtain comes down on the first act just as Celie reads a note telling her Nettie isn't dead, but alive and in Africa. The curtain that comes down reads the note that Celie just read.
Not to sure of the fianl curtain, though. It was have just said "Amen."
Actually, I think there wasn't a closing curtain. I have no clue.
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
Updated On: 9/3/06 at 11:41 PM
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Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#168re: Show Curtains
Posted: 9/3/06 at 11:50pmDoes anybody have a picture of The Wedding Singer marquee?
bwayondabrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/05
#169re: Show Curtains
Posted: 9/4/06 at 8:00am
whoa! i didn't notice that the curtain changed at THE COLOR PURPLE! now i have to see the show all over again just to see the second curtain...gosh :P
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Broadway Star Joined: 3/24/06
#170re: Show Curtains
Posted: 9/4/06 at 10:49am
I love:
Little Women
Hairspray
Mamma Mia
Beauty and the Beast
Let us milk the cow that is theatre-Monica Trausch
bwayondabrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/05
#171re: Show Curtains
Posted: 9/4/06 at 10:55am
this is a picture of THE WEDDING SINGER curtain
(mind you, i didnt take it)
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#172re: Show Curtains
Posted: 9/4/06 at 1:34pm
It was cooler in person. It looks sort of out of place now.
The Color Purple one sounds really cool.
firescape
Stand-by Joined: 2/27/06
#173re: Show Curtains
Posted: 9/12/06 at 12:29pmSince we are posting marquees like crazy....Let's see some more Show Curtain pics............
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